The narrator in the short story," The House on Mango Street", written by Sandra Cisneros, expresses many emotions. She reveals that her life has been riddled with a continuous migration to find the perfect place for her family to settle. She gives us insight into her feelings toward moving from house to house. She is candid with her thoughts and memories of past experiences. These thoughts make one assume that her family is not satisfied with their situation, that the narrator is content with her life, and that everyone in the family is hopeful for the future.
             The family in the story are not satisfied with their situation. The narrator states,"...it's not the house we thought we'd get" (280). The family is dissatisfied because they are denied simple things that are available to many other people. The six family members are cramped into a one bedroom, one washroom house. The house is made of crumbling bricks and has no front yard. Their backyard is a small yard that includes a garage to store a car that they do not have due to insufficient funds.
             Secondly, though the family are not satisfied with their situation, they seem content and somewhat grateful. The narrator says, "That's why Mama and Papa looked for a home, and that's why we moved into the house on Mango Street, far away, on the other side of town" (280). Though they live in a dilapidated, neglected home they still seem grateful that it is better than their former abode. The feeling that the narrator gives implies that she is content in the fact that her family has a roof to sleep under and a place to call home for a few months.
             Lastly, the narrator and her family express a bright hope for the future. Everyone in the family wants nothing more than the perfect place to live. The parents even talked about this perfect house:"This was the house Papa talked about when he held a lottery ticket and this was...